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Thylacinus cynocephalus, thylacineThe last known thylacine, or Tasmanian Wolf, to survive in captivity. It died on 7 September 1936 in the Beaumaris Zoo, Hobart, Tasmania
Fish Gallery, September 1890The Fish Gallery attractions included a 8.5m (28 ft) long basking shark caught near Shanklin, Isle of Wight, and wood from a whaling ship, the Farquharson, pierced by swordfish lances
Indian elephant, c. 1898Jung Pasha or Jung Pershad was one of four Asian elephants brought back to London Zoo by Bertie, Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VII) following his tour of India during 1875-76
Coral Gallery c. 1895Photograph of coral display cases by Anthony Gepp. The Coral Gallery opened in 1881 in the West Wing of the Waterhouse Building. Date: 1881
Stuart Stammwitz working on blue whale model, 1938, The NatuStuart Stammwitz is shown here working on the whales eye, before the model was painted
Reptile Gallery, November 1889The Reptile Gallery displayed a collection of stuffed specimens and skeletons of reptiles, including crocodiles, lizards, snakes and tortoises
Geologists at PiltdownGeologists Association party visiting the pit at Piltdown on 12 July 1913
C. M. Harris tending 29 live Galapagos Tortoises, 1898The Tortoises were collected on the Webster-Harris expedition & were en-route to Walter Rothschilds collection. Probably photographed in Hyde Park, Massachusetts
Piltdown forgery meetingMeeting to present the extent of the forgery at the Geological Society of London at Burlington House on 30 June 1954
Emu by Gambier BoltonEmu photogrpaph by Gambier Bolton, F Zs 354, held at The Natural History Museum at Tring
Augustus H. Bishop with elephant tusks, May 1912Augustus Bishop arrived at the Museum in 1904, aged 23, after three years training as a taxidermist
African elephant in Central Hall, February 1910Photographed in 1910 just three years after his arrival, the African elephant later nicknamed George, was obtained from the taxidermists Rowland Ward Ltd
Mahometan Mosque, Ki Dulan, Moluccas, IndonesiaA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Mastodon in Geological Gallery, December 1919The Guide Lecturer, John Henry Leonard, took this shot of two girls inspecting a primitive elephant or mastodon (Mammut americanus), in December 1919
Beach on the Island of TongaA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Carnarvon Castle, Wales, boats in the foregroundVintage 19th century photograph: Carnarvon Castle, Wales, boats in the foreground
The Parade, Penzance, Cornwall, EnglandVintage 19th century photograph: The Parade, Penzance, Cornwall, England
Beach and sea at St. Ives, Cornwall, EnglandVintage 19th century photograph: beach and sea at St. Ives, Cornwall, England
The Basilica della Santissima Annunziata Florence19th century vintage photograph: The Basilica della Santissima Annunziata is a Renaissance-style, Roman Catholic minor basilica in Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy
Llanrwst, market town on the River Conwy, WalesVintage 19th century photograph: Llanrwst, market town and community on the River Conwy
Angola colobus, Colobus angolensis. Full-bottom monkey, named for its resemblance to a full-bottomed wig. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J
Black and white worm lizard, blind snakeBlack-and-white worm lizard, Amphisbaena fuliginosa, earthworm blind snake, Typhlops lumbricalis, large shieldtail snake, Pseudotyphlops philippinus (Uropeltis philippinus)
Black-and-white worm lizard, Amphisbaena fuliginosa, and brown and yellow snake of Surinam (Boa constrictor?). Le serpent dit a deux tetes, l Amphisbaena fuliginosa, serpent de Surinam jaunatre
Black-and-white ruffed lemur, Varecia variegata. Critically endangered. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by M. Griffith from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London
Mr. Wild at Kerguelen IslandA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Aquilegia vulgaris, ColumbineInk drawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1903 Date: 1903
Basalt columns, Real del Monte mine, MexicoEngraving of a sketch by Alexander Humboldt, 1810 Date: 1810
Cataracts of Maypures mapEngraving by Alexander Humboldt, April 1800. This map depicts an area of the Orinoco river in South America. Date: 1800
Bird illustrationTab 264 From Natural History of Jamaica (1725) by Sir Hans Sloane
Natives, Levuka, FijiA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Fuegian women, Natives of Tierra del FuegoA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Market square, Iloilo, Panay, PhilippinesA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Upnor elephant, 1926, the Natural History Museum, LondonIn 1911 a party of Royal Engineers cut a practice trench on Tower Hill, Upnor, Kent and disturbed several large bones
Cathedral destroyed by earthquake 1863, PhilippinesA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Natives of St. Vincent, Cape Verde IslandsThe Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) was funded by the British Government for scientific purposes and seems to have been the first expedition to carry an official photographer as well as an
Boys approaching the entrance of the Natural History MuseumReports on the first few months of the Childrens Centre concluded that the majority of the children were under 11, often sent out after breakfast with nothing to do
Ostia Antica. Mosaic of Baths of ButicosusOstia Antica. Baths of Buticosus. 1st - 2nd centuries AD. Caldarium. Mosaic depicting Triton and Nereid. Near Rome
Mosaic of Neptunes Triumph at the Baths of Neptune. Ostia ABaths of Neptune. 1st - 2nd centuries AD. Detail of mosaic of Neptunes Triumph depicting Neptune on the chariot drawn by seahorses. Ostia Antica. Italy
Thomas Sopwith (1803-1879) & geological modelsThomas Sopwith (1803 - 1879) was an eminent geologist and civil engineer who pioneered methods of representing geological features
The natural arches of Icononzo, BoliviaEngraving of a sketch by Alexander Humboldt, 1810, of the natural geological formations that provide a crossing for the deep canyon Date: 1810
Tequendama Falls, ColombiaEngraving of a sketch by Alexander Humboldt, 1810 Date: 1810
Alms Houses, Stratford-upon-AvonBlack and White oak timber framing with wattle and plaster infill of 16th century Alms Houses in Stratfor-upon-Avon. Date: 2006
Shell and insect illustrationTable 240 From Natural History of Jamaica (1725) by Sir Hans Sloane
Horace Donisthorpe
Beetle illustrationTable 237 of A Natural History of Jamaica (1725) by Sir Hans Sloane
Butterfly illustrationTable 239 From Natural History of Jamaica (1725) by Sir Hans Sloane
Darwin statue, September 1927The 2.5 tonne marble statue of Darwin was unveiled in June 1885 after a worldwide public appeal raised &, xfa; 4500. The statue by Sir Joseph Boehm cost &
Prof. Charles Wyville Thomson (right) and Dr. Rudolf von WilA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Cochineal Plantation, TenerifeA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Landscape in Madeira 1873A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Taxidermists at work
View of H. M. S. Challenger in Bermuda, West IndiesThe Voyage of H.M.S Challenger (1872-1876) was funded by the British Government for scientific purposes and seems to have been the first expedition to carry an official photographer as well as an
Display cases in the Central Hall at the Natural History MusThis grand vista of the Central Hall sweeps from the bronze statue of Sir Richard Owen by Thomas Brock to the marble statue of Charles Darwin on the staircase. Photograph taken in April 1906
Searching for the Piltdown Man
Giant deer, February 1893. The Natural History Museum, LondPhotographed by J.D. Pemberton in February 1893, this Megalocerus giganteus skeleton represents an extinct race of giant deer (not elk) that had a distribution throughout Europe
Dinosaur egg excavation, 1925George Olsen showing his find of dinosaur eggs to Roy Chapman Andrews during the 1925 expedition to Mongolia by the American Museum of Natural History
Panoramic: Landscape at MadeiraA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Church, Binondo, Manila, Luzon, PhilippinesA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Baobab tree, Cape Verde Islands (1873)The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) was funded by the British Government for scientific purposes and seems to have been the first expedition to carry an official photographer as well as an
Termite Nests, Cape York, Torres StraitsA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Native Houses, Wokan, Arru Islands, IndonesiaA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Bread Fruit Tree, Ki Dulan, IndonesiaA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Natives, Tongataboo, Friendly IslandsA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Woods at Tongataboo, Friendly IslandsA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
H. M. S. ChallengerA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Wooded Scenery at Tongataboo, Friendly IslandsA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Natives, Levuka, Fiki
Waterfall, Levuka, Fiji Islands
Captain Thomson with natives, Admiralty IslandsA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Tomb of Dr. Rudolf von Willemoes-Suhm (1847-1875)A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Native canoe off the coast of FijiA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
St. Pauls Rock, South Atlantic 1873A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Wood scenery with waterfall, Levuka, FijiA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Magellans Tomb, Mactan, PhilippinesA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
General view of woods at TongatabooA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Tomb of Will Adams, First Englishman in Japan. JapanA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Kinkaku-ji, Golden Temple, Kyoto City, JapanA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Group of Officers on board ChallengerA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
New Guinea natives in canoe, Humboldt Bay, Admiralty Islands
Dobbo, Arru Island, Moluccas, IndonesiaA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Fiji Chief, Kata Sauanabra of LevukaA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Remains of a cathedral, Manila, Luzon, PhilippinesA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Bone diggers, Elizabeth Island, Strait of MagellanA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
Man and woman seated, ChinaA photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes
